60,000 Sheep Drive 1925

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Item title reads - 60,000 sheep drive. Under police supervision - hundreds of shepherds and dogs were employed to bring them from the mountainside to the dipping station. North Wales.

L/S as the sheep walk down the mountainside, the camera pans across them. M/S as the men stand and supervise...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19759
Sort Number:
G 1218
Time in/Out:
01:27:13:00 / 01:28:38:00
Canister:
G 1218
Film ID:
418.17
Issue Date:
24/08/1925

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